Living with Expectancy

The man at the gate expected money—but he got healing. God didn’t give him what he asked for; He gave him what he never dared to hope for. This is the power of expectancy in the kingdom of God.
 
We often come to God with low expectations. We pray without faith, we worship without hope, and we live without anticipation of His involvement. But Scripture is filled with examples of God responding to expectancy. Think of the woman who touched Jesus’ cloak, the centurion who believed Jesus could heal from a distance, or Martha, who believed in resurrection but limited it to “someday.”
 
Expectancy is faith in action. It’s spending time with God in prayer not because it’s routine, but because you believe something will happen. It’s coming to worship with an open heart, anticipating an encounter with God.
 
Peter and John looked at the crippled man intently. Something about that gaze sparked hope. In that moment, a seed of expectancy was planted—and God moved.
 
Don’t settle for religious routine. Expect miracles. Expect breakthrough. Expect God to do what only He can.
 
Scripture:
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
 
Ephesians 3:20 - Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.
 
Application:
Identify one area of your life where you’re struggling to believe God for change. Begin praying daily with expectation for that area. And be open to God working in ways that you may not see.
 
Prayer:
God, Renew my faith. Stir up in me a sense of holy anticipation for what You can do. You are able to do more than I can ask or imagine. Help me to live with expectancy.